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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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April 29, 2025
Photog Owes $67K For Skipping Deposition In Copyright Feud
A federal judge in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday ordered a photographer suing a fashion website over a photo of actor Jonah Hill to cough up nearly $67,000 for skipping his own deposition in the case, among other conduct.
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April 29, 2025
Pork Producers Want Ruling Tossed Over Clerk's Conduct
Pork producers and Agri Stats Inc., which are defending themselves against a major price-fixing suit, are calling on the Minnesota federal judge overseeing the case to recuse himself and vacate his recent rulings, accusing one of his clerks of having inappropriate relationships with plaintiffs' attorneys in a new filing this week.
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April 29, 2025
Pa. Attorney Gets 1 Year In Prison For Bankruptcy Fraud
A suspended attorney in the Philadelphia suburbs has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison after being convicted by a federal jury of participating in fraudulent schemes that involved stealing a house from a deceased couple's family.
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April 29, 2025
Kline & Specter Wants Depos Blocked In Renewed Atty Fight
Kline & Specter PC's reignited Pennsylvania state court fight with former firm attorney Tom Bosworth over enforcement of a settlement that previously resolved their multiple differences has entered the realm of discovery disputes, with the firm seeking to block depositions in the continuing feud.
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April 29, 2025
Combs Wants Gag Order For Attorneys Repping Accusers
Hip-Hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs asked a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday to direct attorneys representing his accusers to not make extrajudicial statements until his upcoming trial on sex-trafficking charges concludes.
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- ENFORCEMENT
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